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As Army Black Hawks Ramp Down, Sikorsky Looks To Lifetime Upgrades

Wednesday, October 13th, 2021

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As Army Black Hawks Ramp Down, Sikorsky Looks To Lifetime Upgrades

A Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky is looking to long term upgrades and modernization of the UH-60 Black Hawk over the coming decades while the Army conducts a last multi-year contract and transitions to the Future Vertical Lift fleet. “We are negotiating our final multi-year contract, known as multi-year 10, that shows you how long the Black Hawk’s been in production. So this will provide us another five years of production starting in ‘22. At least right now that’s anticipated to be…

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